10 Qualcomm security leaders

Experience: Senior Director Of Engineering · Qualcomm

Senior Director Of Engineering at Qualcomm since November 2021, with a headline of Senior Director of Security Engineering, working as a security architect and reviewer for Qualcomm system-on-chips including Snapdragon, per the profile. Alex Dent was Director Of Engineering (2019–2021) and Principal Engineer/Manager (2017–2019) at Qualcomm.

Experience: VP, Security Engineering; Head of Product Security · Qualcomm

VP, Security Engineering; Head of Product Security at Qualcomm since 2019, responsible for secure systems development and product security, per the profile, and also listed as VP, Engineering; Head of Product Security since 2011. Alex Gantman was Senior Director, Product Security at Qualcomm (2009–2011).

Experience: Senior Director Security Architecture · Qualcomm

Senior Director Security Architecture at Qualcomm since November 2022, based in Valbonne, France, and also Director Security Architecture there from 2019. Aymeric Vial was CTO and VP R&D at TrustAZUR (2017–2019) and Product Security Senior Director at Inside Secure (2014–2017), and describes 20+ years in embedded systems security, per the profile.

Experience: Former Director, Cyber Security · Qualcomm

Former Director, Cyber Security at Qualcomm (2022–2026) and now Director, Information Technology there since April 2026, based in San Diego. Darryl Fernandez was Head, Identity and Access Management at Qualcomm (2016–2022) and Computer Technician Active Directory Architect at Qualcomm (1996–2010).

Experience: Director - Cybersecurity · Qualcomm

Director - Cybersecurity at Qualcomm since October 2022, based in Hyderabad. Durga Prasad Adusumalli was Head of Cybersecurity (2021–2022), Global Cyber Lead - Enterprise Technology (2020–2021) and Senior Manager - Cyber Security (2015–2020) at HSBC, and Associate Delivery Manager - Information Security Risk there (2010–2015).

Experience: Senior Director, Cyber Security · Qualcomm

Senior Director, Cyber Security at Qualcomm since January 2020. Joseph Vaughn was Senior Director, Cyber Security at Banner Health (2017–2020), Director Information Security at Sharp HealthCare (2016–2017) and Senior Manager, Information Security & Risk Management at Qualcomm (2011–2016).

Experience: Vice President, Cybersecurity · Qualcomm

Vice President, Cybersecurity at Qualcomm since 2016, based in San Diego and leading the Information Security and Risk Management organization, per the profile. Kris Virtue was Senior Director, IT - Information Security and Risk Management (2014–2016) and Director, IT - Middleware, Identity and Security Operations (2009–2012) at Qualcomm.

Experience: Senior Director, Product Security · Qualcomm

Senior Director, Product Security at Qualcomm since 2016, leading the product security team to improve the security of Qualcomm products in mobile, connectivity, IoT and automotive, per the profile. Renwei Ge was Director, Product Security (2013–2016) and Product Security Engineer (2007–2013) at Qualcomm.

Experience: Senior Director, Technology · Qualcomm

Senior Director, Technology at Qualcomm since 2012, based in San Jose, serving as security architecture lead for IPQ wireless routers, IoT and Wi-Fi systems and architecture lead for IoT hardware root-of-trust, per the profile. Tarik Isani was Chief Engineer at Ubicom (2000–2012) and Technical Lead at SGI (1995–2000).

Experience: Sr. Director, Technical Standards · Qualcomm

Sr. Director, Technical Standards at Qualcomm since 2019, managing security standards and leading a team doing security design work in 3GPP and emerging technology areas, per the profile. William Whyte was CTO of OnBoard Security, Inc., a Qualcomm company (2017–2019), and Chief Scientist at Security Innovation (2009–2017).